Improvement in portable fences



1. L. W'ELSHA'NS.

Portable Fence.

No.164.500. Patentedjune15,l875.

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WITNESSES ATTDBNEYS.

HE GRAPHIC C0.PHO O'LITN.39&4Y PARK PLAGLN-Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. WELSHANS, OF AULLVILLE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,500, dated June 15,1875; application filed March 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH L. WELSHANS, of Aullville, in the county ofLa Fayette and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Portable Fences, of which the following is aspecification:

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows an elevation of one panelofmy-improved fence. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof Fig. 1, taken on the line as m. Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 2, takenon the line $1- Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

This fence is composed of posts and rails, the panels being stayed byvertical battens clamped to the rails by means oftwist-ed wires.

A are the rails. B B represent the posts. The post B is made of twouprights, O D, which are placed facing each other, having pins E tosupport the rails. The rails are kept in place, therefore, withoutnails, and are allowed to lap past each other, as seen at G, whichobviates the necessity of sawing. The post B is supported by atransverse sill, H, and

brace I. This brace I is notched to fit the rails and uprights, as seenin Fig. 1. The posts are made with stay-blocks between the rails, and sothat the rails of two panels lap past each other when they are securedby the pins E. The corner postis made as represented at K, Fig. 2. L Lare battens for supporting the rails. No nails are used in fasteningthem, but one batten is placed on each side of the fence, and they areclamped tightly by means of wire bands m, more or less in number.

This fence is made in panels, which are put together with the pins E,and the rails may be removed by removing the pins wherever and wheneverdesired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A portable fence-panel, composed of rails A, pivotedin the posts B B, and. secured in a central clamp, L, which is tied neartop and bottom, and the braces H I, all combined substantially as shownand described, for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH L. WELSHANS.

Witnesses:

J. 1). McOALL, J. R. MOOLURE.

